La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[dwminer1]

Today I predict three easy home team wins. The odds for Barcelona are of course very low so I'm considering the option over 2.5 goals - @1.57 or a little more risky over 3.5 - @2.45. Handicap FC Barcelona (-1) for @1.6 can also be tempting. After the last FCB match I am quite calm for a several goal victory.

@Slow death: Mbappe Hazard Haaland? Mbappe's barely proven himself, Haaland yet to, Hazard is constantly hot and cold. Then again, I say the same about Bale and Benzema but between the rotations, each finds a way to just make it enough.

I would like to see these three together in one team. I agree that Messi and Ronaldo are irreplaceable and we will not see players at a similar level too soon(maybe never?), but in their current form, I value each of the three Mbappe, Hazard, Haaland better than Benzema or especially Bale

[webtricks]

Today I predict three easy home team wins. The odds for Barcelona are of course very low so I'm considering the option over 2.5 goals - @1.57 or a little more risky over 3.5 - @2.45. Handicap FC Barcelona (-1) for @1.6 can also be tempting. After the last FCB match I am quite calm for a several goal victory.

Don't be so sure of Barcelona's big win. Barcelona has to face Sevilla three days later and it is going to be away fixture in Seville. So most probably Messi and Suarez won't start today. Both of them also didn't participate in training yesterday. I think Ansu Fati, Griezmann and Braithwaite will form front line today. There are chances that this experiment may go wrong and Leganes able to get 1 in first half or stop Barcelona at zero. If things go wrong, we may expect Messi to play in second half and save 3 points. But still expecting big win would be difficult today.

Being a Messi fan from core, it would be difficult to see him on bench even being entirely fit but thinking tactically, it would be good strategy to give him a rest today.

EDIT: Messi playing! Couldn't ask for more.

[tokeweed]

Today I predict three easy home team wins. The odds for Barcelona are of course very low so I'm considering the option over 2.5 goals - @1.57 or a little more risky over 3.5 - @2.45. Handicap FC Barcelona (-1) for @1.6 can also be tempting. After the last FCB match I am quite calm for a several goal victory.

@Slow death: Mbappe Hazard Haaland? Mbappe's barely proven himself, Haaland yet to, Hazard is constantly hot and cold. Then again, I say the same about Bale and Benzema but between the rotations, each finds a way to just make it enough.

I would like to see these three together in one team. I agree that Messi and Ronaldo are irreplaceable and we will not see players at a similar level too soon(maybe never?), but in their current form, I value each of the three Mbappe, Hazard, Haaland better than Benzema or especially Bale

Give Hazard more time.  He came to Real 20 lbs overweight and his momentum lost due to injuries this season.  But I'm hopeful we'll see the Hazard of old who we enjoyed at Chelsea.

[Raflesia]

Give Hazard more time.  He came to Real 20 lbs overweight and his momentum lost due to injuries this season.  But I'm hopeful we'll see the Hazard of old who we enjoyed at Chelsea.

In real Madrid there are a lot of star players so when Hazard goes to Real Madrid the competition is very tight there even though it has provided a very interesting game but in my opinion it is more interesting when appearing with Chelsea there is very impressive compared to playing in LaLiga.

I think only Ronaldo has played brilliantly from the beginning of his career with Real Madrid to moving to Juventus.

[skarais]

In real Madrid there are a lot of star players so when Hazard goes to Real Madrid the competition is very tight there even though it has provided a very interesting game but in my opinion it is more interesting when appearing with Chelsea there is very impressive compared to playing in LaLiga.

Real Madrid is a top tier team that has a lot of top players. Hazard came to Madrid with star status from Chelsea but that status faded after he could not consistently show his best performance.

He needs time to adapt, he needs minutes to play, he needs a lot of support and this is not much different from what Dembele felt at Barcelona. Madrid and Barcelona is Laliga top team, clearly there is intense competition between players, consistency, contribution and can bring positive changes to results is what the coach and club want.

[palle11]

UD Levante - FC Sevilla

I'll try my luck betting that Sevilla will win this game
It was all going well Until Levante decided to equalize very late in the game.

i would add that maybe Sevilla decided, since they scored own goal, maybe Levante would not do it, if that was up to them

just kidding, but also expected win from Sevilla, and this is a negative surprise for me and my ticket, will skip Betis tonight

I watched this game and enjoyed it. It was suppose to be away win for Seville but it sleeped off them with levante coming back into the game by scoring a late goal around 88 minutes in the match bringing score line to 1-1 draw after they played 6 minutes of added time.
The levante side was cool with the score as it has further taken them off relegation zone.

[Avirunes]

I watched this game and enjoyed it. It was suppose to be away win for Seville but it sleeped off them with levante coming back into the game by scoring a late goal around 88 minutes in the match bringing score line to 1-1 draw after they played 6 minutes of added time.
The levante side was cool with the score as it has further taken them off relegation zone.

Levante weren't in relegation zone to begin with. Yeah, they were near to relegation zone though. Sevilla should have gotten it easily but now they made themselves near to the battle going on between for CL spot among Sociedad, Getafe and Atletico on the table. Right now Getafe is playing Espanyol and scoreline is 0-0 atm but if Getafe wins here then they will take the 4th spot on the table. A good chance for Getafe here in ongoing fixture.

[LTU_btc]

Today I predict three easy home team wins. The odds for Barcelona are of course very low so I'm considering the option over 2.5 goals - @1.57 or a little more risky over 3.5 - @2.45. Handicap FC Barcelona (-1) for @1.6 can also be tempting. After the last FCB match I am quite calm for a several goal victory.

I went with with Villarreal and Getafe wins. Villarreal is doing well do far, while in Getafe - Espanyol game score is still 0:0 with 15 minutes to play left.
I thought about over 3.5 goals in Barca game, but decided to make safer over 2.5 bet. Schedule is very intensive, so Barca may save some key players before clash with Sevilla on Friday.

[casperBGD]

Today I predict three easy home team wins. The odds for Barcelona are of course very low so I'm considering the option over 2.5 goals - @1.57 or a little more risky over 3.5 - @2.45. Handicap FC Barcelona (-1) for @1.6 can also be tempting. After the last FCB match I am quite calm for a several goal victory.

I went with with Villarreal and Getafe wins. Villarreal is doing well do far, while in Getafe - Espanyol game score is still 0:0 with 15 minutes to play left.
I thought about over 3.5 goals in Barca game, but decided to make safer over 2.5 bet. Schedule is very intensive, so Barca may save some key players before clash with Sevilla on Friday.

Espanol took a point in a match with Getafe, and they skipped from the bottom position, at least until Leganes finish their adventure on Camp Nou, where they will probably lose and stick to the bottom, i think that Espanol will be in La liga next season as well

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Barcelona 0-0 Leganes after 18 minutes so far, Barca dominating possession & dictating the tempoor the game but so far finding it tough to break through. I don’t have much hope for Leganes being able to hold on for the full 90 minutes though.

[Avirunes]

Getafe played well but still the way they were attacking they should have got atleast one goal especially after Espanyol went one player down with red card. Diego Lopez (Espanyol's goalkeeper) denied some very good efforts from Getafe.

At the end of the match Getafe missed the chace to climb up to 4 th and gave a free chance to Real Sociedad to build a gap on the table between them.

[TalkStar]

Real Madrid is a top tier team that has a lot of top players. Hazard came to Madrid with star status from Chelsea but that status faded after he could not consistently show his best performance.

Real Madrid's have passed their golden times with the attacking combination of CR7, Benzema & Gareth bale. Eden Hazard is obviously a good player and have strong scoring ability. For now he need more time to adapt and settle with his team mates which will help him to deliver his best performances. As far as we know Barcelona always struggle without Lionel Messi and he is the main attacking weapon for Barca. On last match against "Real Mallorca" Messi's assists proved his necessity for Barcelona and he become the first player who made 20+ goals in 12 straight La Liga seasons.

[JeromeTash]

Real Madrid is a top tier team that has a lot of top players. Hazard came to Madrid with star status from Chelsea but that status faded after he could not consistently show his best performance.

Real Madrid's have passed their golden times with the attacking combination of CR7, Benzema & Gareth bale. Eden Hazard is obviously a good player and have strong scoring ability. For now he need more time to adapt and settle with his team mates which will help him to deliver his best performances.

The biggest misunderstanding some fans had when Hazard signed for Real Madrid was to expect him to replicate Cristiano's goal scoring records.
While Ronaldo was always top form for most periods of the season and rarely got injured for long periods of time? The same can not be said of Hazard. he's a completely different kind of player.

Real Madrid should concentrate on getting a goal poacher to replace Benzema or Bale.

[Slow death]

Barcelona 0-0 Leganes after 18 minutes so far, Barca dominating possession & dictating the tempoor the game but so far finding it tough to break through. I don’t have much hope for Leganes being able to hold on for the full 90 minutes though.

42 minutes have already been played and barcelona have scored a goal, i bet barcelona will win this game

[tomahawk9]

Here we go again, Barcelona were gifted a [nonexistent] pen...virus or not, behind closed doors or not, some things never change  nice dive, Messi!!

Osasuna - Atletico tomorrow...Osasuna were pretty decent against Sociedad last sunday, but Atletico ML at around 5/6 odds is very tempting, they need to capitalize on Sevilla dropping points. Some nice odds on Eibar - Bilbao too, DNB @1.70 for Bilbao, hmmm...

<...> i bet barcelona will win this game

did anyone expect another result? 

[EdenHazard]

Yuppp they even almost hold Barcelona draw back in February. Nabil fekir is a phenomenon if only he signed for big club not a random one like real betis lol that was a shocking move tho when the media linked him with top clubs but he choose a random one.

I never really understood Nabil Fekir. Seems like after Liverpool didn't happen his stock just dumped.

Yeah , such a wasting talent there.

Here we go again, Barcelona were gifted a [nonexistent] pen...virus or not, behind closed doors or not, some things never change  nice dive, Messi!!

Osasuna - Atletico tomorrow...Osasuna were pretty decent against Sociedad last sunday, but Atletico ML at around 5/6 odds is very tempting, they need to capitalize on Sevilla dropping points. Some nice odds on Eibar - Bilbao too, DNB @1.70 for Bilbao, hmmm...

Haha that's so conspiracy, but so true at the same time.

<...> i bet barcelona will win this game

did anyone expect another result? 

Against leganes? Against a club at 20th on the table? Even though I'm crazy enough to do bet against the odds but this one seems to be dumb to bet against Barcelona 😆

[slaman29]

It wasn't a bad win at all for our team, Messi even got on the scoresheet with a penalty, Griezmann ALMOST got his name there, but I didn't like how we got so many yellows with that lead to defend against weaker opposition. We were getting a lot of reds earlier in the season, we should be more careful like this.

[$crypto$]

It wasn't a bad win at all for our team, Messi even got on the scoresheet with a penalty, Griezmann ALMOST got his name there, but I didn't like how we got so many yellows with that lead to defend against weaker opposition. We were getting a lot of reds earlier in the season, we should be more careful like this.

Griezmann is not as fortunate as Suarez who always scores goals when there is an opportunity in the opponent's goal and I think Griezmann is not a good one right in the center attacker because they will be better wingers.

The weak team always makes it difficult for the opposing team but at the end Barcelona wins too.

[buwaytress]

@dwminer: Yeah, sure. I'm not saying they weren't good players, just saying the comparisons are ridiculous. Like when someone once compared Lallana to a GOAT.

@tokeweed: I got nothing against Hazard really, lovely player when he's top but yeah, it's things like him being overweight. Blame Chelski or blame him? Half-half at least. Same as Lukaku when he got massively overweight (compared to how he was). As regular people I got nothing against them but as footballers, I always think mentality is what's most important.

It wasn't a bad win at all for our team, Messi even got on the scoresheet with a penalty, Griezmann ALMOST got his name there, but I didn't like how we got so many yellows with that lead to defend against weaker opposition. We were getting a lot of reds earlier in the season, we should be more careful like this.

Something like 8 reds in the first 10 games or thereabouts, I remember that. That's what happens when your core gets slower...

[dwminer1]

Osasuna - Atletico tomorrow...Osasuna were pretty decent against Sociedad last sunday, but Atletico ML at around 5/6 odds is very tempting, they need to capitalize on Sevilla dropping points. Some nice odds on Eibar - Bilbao too, DNB @1.70 for Bilbao, hmmm...

In my opinion, a bit too low an odds on Bilbao to tempt me. Athletic is very strong at home, but many points lose on away games. I think that Eibar will fight hard to stay in the league until the end of the season. In general, today very hard matches to bet, I do not see a definite favorite in any. I don't even think Atletico is a strong favorite in the meeting with Osasuna, no result in this match will surprise me.